diff --git a/server.cpp b/server.cpp
index f8ccc0e..33c0a87 100644
--- a/server.cpp
+++ b/server.cpp
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ int main()
 	driver = get_driver_instance();
 
 	CROW_ROUTE(app, "/sessions").methods(crow::HTTPMethod::POST)([](const crow::request& req){
-		con = driver->connect(getenv("DBURL"),getenv("DBUSER"),getenv("DBPWD"));
-		con->setSchema("practice");
+		connect();
 		crow::json::wvalue status;
 		auto request_body = crow::json::load(req.body);
 
@@ -71,9 +70,7 @@ int main()
 	});
 
 	CROW_ROUTE(app, "/songs")([](){
-		con = driver->connect(getenv("DBURL"),getenv("DBUSER"),getenv("DBPWD"));
-		con->setSchema("my_group_songs");
-		stmt = con->createStatement();
+		connect();
 		crow::json::wvalue entries;
 
 		ResultSet *res = stmt->executeQuery("SELECT * FROM songs WHERE learned=True ORDER BY title ASC;");